Production

Bill Watterson gave Cartoon Network another chance at making a Calvin and Hobbes TV Show, and chose Edgar Wright to direct the series. When Daniel Van Ness, a new screenwriter who had never read Calvin and Hobbes before handed Watterson a script, he was fired. Watterson said Van Ness strayed too far from the source material. Then Watterson decided to cancel the show, but Wright told him not to after he showed him a new script. The original cast included Laura Bailey as Calvin and Quinton Flynn as Hobbes, among others. Watterson had that changed to A-List celebrities and then recording started.